But it is not sufficient to bind him again into the world.
RAMAKRISHNAMake your meditation a continuous state of mind. A great worship is going on all the time, so nothing should be neglected or excluded from your constant meditative awareness.
More Ramakrishna Quotes
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If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
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The world is impermanent. [All things change. Knowing this helps you see the end of any difficulty and thereby have hope.]
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You must know that there are different tastes. There are also different powers of digestion… different temperaments… differences in the capacity to comprehend.
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Forgiveness is the true nature of the ascetic.
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Common men talk bagfuls of religion but do not practise even a grain of it. The wise man speaks a little, even though his whole life is religion expressed in action.
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The less your attachment is towards the senses, the more will be your love towards God .
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The Hindus call it ‘jal’, the Christians ‘water’, and the Moslems ‘pani’. But it is one and the same thing.
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God, the true Philosopher’s Stone, Who answers every prayer, Lies hidden deep within your heart
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If you desire to be pure, have firm faith, and slowly go on with your devotional practices without wasting your energy in useless scriptural discussions and arguments. Your little brain will otherwise be muddled.
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By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. … He who asserts with strong conviction: “I am not bound, I am free,” becomes free.
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God laughs, saying to Himself, ‘I am going to take his life, and this man says he will save other,
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Different creeds are but different paths to reach the same God.
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One cannot enter the mansion without jumping over the stump.
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A man is truly free, even here in this embodied state, if he knows that God is the true agent and he by himself is powerless to do anything.
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A bath in Ganges undoubtedly absolves one of all sins; but what does that avail? They say that the sins perch on trees along the banks of the Ganges.
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